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I wasn't paying attention to where Jackson was writing... oops

party and snow!

Amy hosted a Christmas party at her house. We did a white elephant present exchange and ugly sweater contest. The guys that wore the sweaters won. I think no matter what, the sweaters would always look uglier on the guys. (Like all pictures, click to see it bigger.)

It warmed up some here and so it snowed last night. I took Jackson out in it this morning. He liked crawling around in it and pushing it around. When his mittens would fall off, he didn't like touching the cold snow at all.

Jackson's crawling trail.

Kaeli loves the snow and always gets it on her nose.

The chickens must have thought the snow was food, they were going crazy for it (since they didn't get any in their coop).

loves being outside

Jackson loves being outside. It's too bad our winters get so cold. I'll take him out some, but there is no way he can go out the same amount that we were during the summer.

didjeridu and naked

I didn't have the best aim with the camera on this one, but his smile is so cute.

I was playing the didjeridu for Jackson and thought it'd be neat to see how tall he is next to it at this age. (He isn't really standing yet, just leaning against the couch and he really can't do that long either.)

Jackson had some naked time last night. I wanted to get some shots of how he's getting up on his hands and knees.

I'm 29

Dan is in the middle of his shift today (he works 48 hours on and 96 off now), so for my birthday he emailed me this morning. The email said Happy Birthday and to find your present, follow the clue. The first clue was "Look at the feet of the animal that flew the farthest home." Which is our giraffe that he got in Africa. I found the clue and found around 5 more through the house and then found a birthday card with a gift card to Coldstone Icecream. It was very nice, I love scavenger hunts like that. My dad would always do them for me growing up and I thought they were the coolest thing.

My parents are coming to town for a few days today. They haven't seen Jackson for a month! And tonight we are going out to the airport fire station to eat dinner with Dan.

Last weekend, my Grandpa and Ardy came to town with a model A group. So Jackson had to wear his oshgosh overalls for his Great Grandpa, even though they are 12 month size, they fit him pretty good still.

I took Jackson out in the grass again for more pictures. He now can sit by himself a little, just a little because then he falls over. He did better in the grass than on the floor inside though, the grass must support him a bit.

Kaeli is such a good dog. This pic looks like Jackson is posing for it.

Look at this same set up 3 months ago.

Jackson loves getting thrown up in the air, finally got a shot of it (and he's even naked, hehe!).

We got an egg!!!

Yesterday we got our first egg from the chickens! Can't wait to see if we get another one today or maybe two!

My corn is growing hair too!

Kaeli walked over and sat next to us on the floor. I ran and got my camera and took some cute shots of them.

stay... good dog

Every once in awhile we let Kaeli get on the couch. She knows it's a special thing too. I had her jump up there and she stayed while I sat Jackson on her. It was so cute. Jackson seemed to think it was pretty neat too.

I forgot to mention, but I have been so fortunate to have a husband that took 3 months of paternity leave from work. He finally had to go back to work last week. I miss him lots when he's at work, it was so nice to have him home so much.

Tomorrow Jackson gets to meet his newest cousin! My sister-in-law, Courtney, had her baby! I'm so excited to see him!

Update

Wow, I missed a few days of updating the blog. So here's what I've been up to.

Wyatt had his last day this week. His Mom is a teacher and school is out for summer now. It was so fun to watch him this year. He went from not being able to sit up, to walking and running everywhere and climbing up on the couch now.


I got Jackson a new sleep sac. It's an organic cotton one by Halo (bought at Target online). This one is small 0-6 months and I got the next size up too, medium 6-12 months. I like them a lot, I would definitely recommend them. And I usually have Jackson wear a regular sleep sac (no zipper) underneath, so diaper changes in the middle of the night are super easy. Plus, the Halo sleep sac zips open from the bottom, so I don't have to unzip the whole thing to change his diaper.


I don't think Kaeli has gotten a picture on the blog lately, so here is one. Notice her drool.


We've been having thunderstorms almost everyday for a week now with rain, luckily it doesn't last long though. And I got two tomato plants potted! First tomato plants I've ever had! Dan doesn't like tomatoes and I just never got around to it, but I decided to do it this year. We also got our garden planted too, but I didn't have any good pictures of that yet.

And I bought these organic strawberries from Groundwork Organics at the Bend Farmers Market on Wednesday and...

Made jam with them! First time I've ever made jam. The fruit really separated from the jelly and I'm not sure why. I searched a bit online and found that it might be because I didn't crush the fruit enough and maybe didn't cook long enough to get the air out and since I used bigger jars. Anyone else know why??

Here's some pictures

We have been getting more snow off and on the last few days. Here is what our house looks like today. Really there isn't that much snow, but I'm happy because it's more than we got last year.


Since it's been so cold and with all the snow on the ground, kitty will not go outside. I have to force him out the sliding door and then he'll only stay out for like 10 mins before he's meowing like he's dying. So, he's been a little bored and stir crazy inside. He's been attacking the scratching post a lot lately.





Kaeli always yawns, but here she is in front of our tree.


We haven't decorated the tree yet. I'm thinking of waiting till Christmas Eve to do it.